The Advanced Technology Foundation Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4361 ... March 14, 21, and 28, 1984

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Page 117 - Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States; he was the first person to hold the position at cabinet-level rank.
Page 320 - In 1967. He was a member of the Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1967-1975.
Page 212 - Federal laboratories shall make available not less than 0.5 percent of the agency's research and development budget to support the technology transfer function at the agency and at its laboratories, including support of the Offices of Research and Technology Applications.
Page 151 - The reason is clear: failures are much more expensive to fix after a unit has been assembled than before. The cost of the extra hours spent pretesting a design is cheap compared with the cost of a product recall; similarly, field service costs are much higher than those of incoming inspection.
Page 4 - Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 2 before the expiration of the term for which his predecessor 3 was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 4 such term. A member may serve after the expiration of his 5 term until his successor has taken office.
Page 36 - Oberstar, and members of the committee, it is an honor and a pleasure for me to...
Page 216 - Commerce, for which explicit details were given about the international obligations and science and technology activities of: the National Bureau of Standards; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the National...
Page 320 - Feng (S'61-M'67-SM'75-F'80) received the BS degree from the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, the MS degree from Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, all in electrical engineering. He was on the Faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Page 203 - It is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure the full use of the results of the Nation's Federal investment in research and development. To this end the Federal Government shall strive where appropriate to transfer federally owned or originated technology to State and local governments and to the private sector.
Page 246 - Chairman of the United States Activities Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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